CMSE 202 Course Schedule#
Fall 2026\(^*\)#
Day |
Topic |
|---|---|
0 (Pre-semester) |
Course Syllabus, Software Setup Guide, Pre-semester Surveys, Python Review |
1 (Aug 31/Sep 1) |
Introductions, course details, CMSE 201 concept mapping |
2 (Sep 2/3) |
Command Line Interface |
University Holiday (Labor Day) |
Tuesday sections canceled to keep in sync with Monday sections |
3 (Sep 9/10) |
Version control with Git |
4 (Sep 14/15) |
Installing and learning to use new Python Packages |
5 (Sep 16/17) |
Pandas review |
Optional Bonus Session |
Optional Office Hour / Help Room session — work on course content or ask questions (added after the campus power-plant outage; see note below for schedule changes\(^{\dagger}\)) |
6 (Sep 23/24) |
Using Python “Classes” (object-oriented programming) 1 |
7 (Sep 28/29) |
Using Python “Classes” (object-oriented programming) 2 |
8 (Sep 30/Oct 1) |
Agent-based models with Python Classes 1 |
HW1 (Oct 2) |
HOMEWORK 1 DUE (by 11:59pm) |
9 (Oct 5/6) |
Agent-based models with Python Classes 2 |
10 (Oct 7/8) |
Graph theory 1 |
11 (Oct 12/13) |
Graph theory 2 |
M (Oct 14/15) |
Exam 1 |
12 (Oct 19/20) |
Project Idea Exploration |
13 (Oct 21/22) |
One-dimensional regression with Stats models |
University Break (Oct 26/27) |
No class |
14 (Oct 28/29) |
Multiple regression with Stats models |
HW2 (Oct 30) |
HOMEWORK 2 DUE (by 11:59pm) |
15 (Nov 2/3) |
Introduction to machine learning + Logistic Regression |
16 (Nov 4/5) |
Project planning, repository set-up, project work |
17 (Nov 9/10) |
Collaborating with Git when working with Jupyter Notebooks |
18 (Nov 11/12) |
Building a Perceptron Classifier |
HW3 (Nov 13) |
HOMEWORK 3 DUE (by 11:59pm) |
19 (removed) |
Perceptron Classifier Extension and Project Work — dropped this semester to absorb the schedule shift |
20 (Nov 16/17) |
SVMs 1 |
21 (Nov 18/19) |
SVMs 2 |
22 (Nov 23/24) |
Project Update Presentations |
University Holiday (Thanksgiving) |
Wednesday sections canceled to keep in sync with Thursday sections |
23 (Nov 30/Dec 1) |
PCA & SVMs |
24 (Dec 2/3) |
Course Summary; Multi-model applications; Project work |
P (Dec 7/8) |
Project Presentations |
P (Dec 9/10) |
Project Presentations |
HW4 (Dec 11) |
HOMEWORK 4 DUE (by 11:59pm) |
F (Dec 14-18) |
Exam 2 |
\(^*\) This is the tentative schedule prior to the start of the semester. The overall content shouldn’t change, but ordering or deadlines may shift somewhat. If deadlines change, substantial notice will be given!
\(^{\dagger}\) Schedule adjustment (campus power-plant outage): the Sep 21/22 session became an optional Office Hour / Help Room bonus session, and Days 6–18 each shifted one class period later. Exam 1 remains on Oct 14/15, Project Idea Exploration moved to just after the exam, and Day 19 (Perceptron Classifier Extension and Project Work) was dropped so that the end-of-semester schedule (Days 20–24, project presentations, and Exam 2) stays unchanged. Homework due dates are unchanged.